Seat for baby furniture



NOV. 18, 1952 M, D WELSH 2,618,318

SEAT FOR BABY FURNITURE Filed June 15, 1949 FIG.I

INVENTOR MATILDA D. WELSH ATTORNEY FIG.3

Patented Nov. 18, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EftI' SEAT-Fort BABY FURNITURE, Matilda 1). Welsh, Ladue, M o. Application June 15, 1949, Serial No. 99,176 I (01. 155127) 2 Claims. 1

This invention pertains to an improvement in a seat for baby furniture such as that of a baby swing illustrated and described in a patent for Baby Swing, Patent No. 2,252,224, filed June 30, 1939, by Albert D. Welsh. Briefly stated, it includes a removable U-shaped horizontal bow forming a part of a frame upon which a unitary canvas seat is supported. By virtue of the removability of the supporting bow from the rest of the frame, provision is made for the quick and easy removal of the canvas seat for the purpose of laundering the same. The present invention is adaptable for use with various types of baby furniture, such as swings, strollers, chairs, etc.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is an isometric view of a seat for baby furniture embodying the instant invention and showing the same as applied to a baby swing;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the frame of the baby seat showing a removable bow section thereof; and.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the frame section shown in Fig. 2.

As illustrated in the several views, the instant invention includes a seat frame comprising a horizontally disposed U-shaped bow I I, a removable cross-rod support I2, two side arms I3 and I4 and a back rest bow member I5.

The seat frame comprising the principal elements just described may be supported on the sub-structure of any suitable type of baby furniture, such as a stroller, chair or swing, the connections therefor being made to the side arms I3 and I4. In the illustrative example, it is attached to a swing sub-structure, generally designated by the reference numeral I6. :1

Also forming a part of the seat of the instant invention is a unitary canvas member providing a seat II, a tray I8 and a back rest/I9, the latter taking the form of an envelope passed over the bow I5. The seat I! and tray,lI8'are supported on, and depend from, the U- -shaped bow II and cross-rod I2.

The U-shaped bow II is removably connected to the side arms I3 and I4 in the following manner. Each of the ends 2| and 22 of the member I I are provided with an open ended slot 23 forming a fork (Fig. 3) which is adapted to pass over headed pins 24 and 25 secured, respectively, to the side arms I3 and I l. Also serving as a part of the attaching means are two bolts 26 and 2'! which are provided with wing nuts 28. The bolts 26 and 21 are removable and are passed ithroug-h aligned holes in the canvas seat II, the member II and the side arms I3 and I4.

Snap fasteners, known to the art and available on the market, and of some variety, may well be substituted for the bolts 26 and 21.

Hooked ends 29 are formed on the cross-rod I2 which are sprung into holes 3| in the member II to attach the former to the latter, the crossrod itself being adapted to rest on top of the bow member as a support for the front of the seat I1 and the back of the tray I8. The hooked ends 29 of the rod encircle the upper portion of the bow and thence double back to pass through the horizontal holes 3 I.

In assembling the seat, the back rest I9 is passed into position over the bow I5. Next, the member I I is passed, starting at one end thereof, successively through a first portion of a hemmed section 32 of the seat I'I, thence' through a hemmed section 33 of the tray I8 "and then through the remaining portion of the seats hemmed section 32 until the ends of the U- shaped bow I I are exposed. The ends of the bow II are then passed onto the .pins 24 and 25 and the bolts 26 and 21 are secured in place to complete the connection of the bow II to the arm I3 and I4. 7

Attachment of the canvas to the frame is-com; pleted by passing the cross-rod I2 through a hemmed section 34 common to thep'se'a't' I1 and tray I8, and springing the rod into position on the bow II. The bolts 26 and 2"l may, however, be left loose prior to the attachment of the cross rod I2, so as to permit the'inward displacement of the bow I I, thus allowing easy insertion of the hooked ends 29 into the holes 3 I.

A reversal of the above procedure in an obvious manner provides for the quick and easy removal of the canvas from the seat frame for cleaning purposes.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention. Parts of the invention may be used without the whole and improvements may be added while retaining some or all of the advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a seat for baby furniture having a unitary canvas member forming a back rest, seat and tray supportable on a frame having a back rest member and two supported side arms, the improvement comprising a bow member for partially supporting said canvas seat and tray having open ended slots in its ends, a headed bolt secured to each of said side arms passing into one of said slots, two removable fasteners con- 3 necting said bow member to said side arms, a cross-rod for supporting a part of said canvas member common to said seat and said tray, and releasable connections between said cross rod and said bow member.

2. In a seat for baby furniture having a unitary canvas member forming a back rest; seat and tray supportable on a frame having a back rest member and two supported side arms, the improvement c'o'mp'rising a resilient bow member for partiaily 'supporting said canvas seat and tray, means for removably connecting said bow member to said side arms, and a cross-rod removably connected to said bow membenffomsupporting a, part of said canvas member common to said seat and said tray by means of hooks on its ends engaging in holes in the bow member.

MATILDA D. WELSH.

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